diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
index e10acd9da..59eb2ab50 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
@@ -909,6 +909,10 @@ class UnitOfWork implements PropertyChangedListener
             }
         }
 
+        if ( ! isset($this->originalEntityData[$oid])) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('Cannot call recomputeSingleEntityChangeSet before computeChangeSet on an entity.');
+        }
+
         $originalData = $this->originalEntityData[$oid];
         $changeSet = array();
 
@@ -921,11 +925,12 @@ class UnitOfWork implements PropertyChangedListener
         }
 
         if ($changeSet) {
-            if (isset($this->entityChangeSets[$oid])) {
-                $this->entityChangeSets[$oid] = array_merge($this->entityChangeSets[$oid], $changeSet);
-            }
+            $this->entityChangeSets[$oid] = (isset($this->entityChangeSets[$oid]))
+                ? array_merge($this->entityChangeSets[$oid], $changeSet)
+                : $changeSet;
 
             $this->originalEntityData[$oid] = $actualData;
+            $this->entityUpdates[$oid]      = $entity;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC2996Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC2996Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30724b2c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC2996Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Event\LifecycleEventArgs;
+
+/**
+ * @group DDC-2996
+ */
+class DDC2996Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    public function testIssue()
+    {
+        $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(array(
+            $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\DDC2996User'),
+            $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\DDC2996UserPreference'),
+        ));
+
+        $pref = new DDC2996UserPreference();
+        $pref->user = new DDC2996User();
+        $pref->value = "foo";
+
+        $this->_em->persist($pref);
+        $this->_em->persist($pref->user);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $pref->value = "bar";
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $pref->user->counter);
+
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        $pref = $this->_em->find(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\DDC2996UserPreference', $pref->id);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $pref->user->counter);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class DDC2996User
+{
+    /**
+     * @Id @GeneratedValue @Column(type="integer")
+     */
+    public $id;
+    /**
+     * @Column(type="integer")
+     */
+    public $counter = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity @HasLifecycleCallbacks
+ */
+class DDC2996UserPreference
+{
+    /**
+     * @Id @GeneratedValue @Column(type="integer")
+     */
+    public $id;
+    /**
+     * @Column(type="string")
+     */
+    public $value;
+
+    /**
+     * @ManyToOne(targetEntity="DDC2996User")
+     */
+    public $user;
+
+    /**
+     * @PreFlush
+     */
+    public function preFlush($event)
+    {
+        $em = $event->getEntityManager();
+        $uow = $em->getUnitOfWork();
+
+        if ($uow->getOriginalEntityData($this->user)) {
+            $this->user->counter++;
+            $uow->recomputeSingleEntityChangeSet(
+                $em->getClassMetadata(get_class($this->user)),
+                $this->user
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3033Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3033Test.php
index 4cb78d399..b08217873 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3033Test.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3033Test.php
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Event\LifecycleEventArgs;
 
-require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../TestInit.php';
-
 /**
  * @group DDC-3033
  */